3 suspects arrested in slaying of woman, 91

DUBLIN

The body of a slain 91-year-old woman was found wrapped in a bedsheet in a Dublin trash bin after police arrested three suspects in a chaotic domestic dispute, officers said Thursday.

The dead woman's name was not released, but police said she owned the home at 7751 Peppertree Drive where the events unfolded Wednesday evening. Public records show that Selma Hill owns the home.

Arrested on suspicion of murder and other charges were the estranged wife of Hill's grandson, the estranged wife's mother and the mother's husband, police said.

Police Lt. Glenn Moon described the incident that led to the woman's slaying as "a child-custody dispute gone bad."

It began when officers were sent to the home shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday to investigate reports of a woman screaming, Moon said.

Officers said the grandson of the house's owner, Eric Hill, 37, had come to the home and gone upstairs to check on his grandmother when he was struck in the head by his mother-in-law, Mei Li, 55, with a baton and threatened with a handgun by his estranged wife, Rosa Li, 33.

Rosa Li told Hill that she was taking their daughter, police said. When Hill tried to disarm the women, his wife shocked him with a stun gun, Moon said.

Hill and his estranged wife have been fighting over custody of their 2-year-old daughter, Moon said. Hill has primary custody of the girl.

When they searched the home, officers found the dead woman in a trash bin in the garage. Police have not said how she died.

The 2-year-old girl was found in the home unharmed and was taken into protective custody. Hill was treated for minor injuries.

Li and her mother were arrested on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and conspiracy. Mei Li's husband, Ping Kit Li, 67, was found in a car about 100 yards from the home and was booked on the same charges, Moon said.